1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers season

The 1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers season was the Quakers' sole season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team moved from Pittsburgh, where they had played as the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1925.

1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)
Division	5th American
1930–31 record	4–36–4
Home record	3–17–2
Road record	1–19–2
Goals for	76
Goals against	184
Team information
General Manager	Cooper Smeaton
Coach	Cooper Smeaton
Captain	Hib Milks
Arena	Philadelphia Arena
Average attendance	2,500
Team leaders
Goals	Hib Milks (17)
Assists	Gerry Lowrey (14)
Points	Gerry Lowrey (27)
Penalty minutes	D'Arcy Coulson (103)
Wins	Wilf Cude (2) Joe Miller (2)
Goals against average	Jake Forbes (3.50)

Offseason

The team relocated to Philadelphia and was in the charge of Benny Leonard, the prizefighter who held the world lightweight title from 1917 to 1925.

Regular season

The team finished with 12 points for the season, the worst performance in the six-year history of the Pirate/Quaker franchise. The team lost $100,000 on its operations and folded after the season.[1] As a result, Philadelphia was left without an NHL franchise until the Flyers arrived in 1967.

Season standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	28	10	6	143	90	62
Chicago Black Hawks	44	24	17	3	108	78	51
New York Rangers	44	19	16	9	106	87	47
Detroit Falcons	44	16	21	7	102	105	39
Philadelphia Quakers	44	4	36	4	76	184	12

[2]

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Season standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	28	10	6	143	90	62
Chicago Black Hawks	44	24	17	3	108	78	51
New York Rangers	44	19	16	9	106	87	47
Detroit Falcons	44	16	21	7	102	105	39
Philadelphia Quakers	44	4	36	4	76	184	12

[3]

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

1930-31 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	MTM	NYA	NYR	OTT	PHI	TOR
Boston	—	2–4	4–1–1	1–2–1	3–1	2–2	4–0–2	4–0	5–0–1	2–1–1
Chicago	4–2	—	2–3–1	0–3–1	0–4	3–1	4–1–1	4–0	6–0	0–4
Detroit	1–4–1	3–2–1	—	2–2	0–3–1	0–2–2	2–3–1	2–2	4–2	2–1–1
M. Canadiens	2–1–1	3–0–1	2–2	—	3–1–2	5–0–1	2–2	5–0–1	3–0–1	3–2–1
M. Maroons	1–3	4–0	3–0–1	1–3–2	—	1–5	1–2–1	4–1–1	3–1	2–3–1
N.Y. Americans	2–2	1–3	2–0–2	0–5–1	5–1	—	0–1–3	4–2	3–0–1	1–2–3
N.Y. Rangers	0–4–2	1–4–1	3–2–1	2–2	2–1–1	1–0–3	—	3–1	6–0	1–2–1
Ottawa	0–4	0–4	2–2	0–5–1	1–4–1	2–4	1–3	—	3–0–1	1–4–1
Philadelphia	0–5–1	0–6	2–4	0–3–1	1–3	0–3–1	0–6	0–3–1	—	1–3
Toronto	1–2–1	4–0	1–2–1	2–3–1	3–2–1	2–1–3	2–1–1	4–1–1	3–1	—

Schedule and results

Regular season

1930–31 regular season
November: 1–5–1, 3 points (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 0–3–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points 1 November 11 NY Rangers 3–0 Philadelphia Miller 5,000 0–1–0 0 2 November 15 Philadelphia 0–4 Toronto Miller 6,000 0–2–0 0 3 November 16 Philadelphia 1–5 Detroit Miller 7,500 0–3–0 0 4 November 18 Ottawa 2–2 Philadelphia OT Miller 2,000 0–3–1 1 5 November 23 Philadelphia 2–5 NY Rangers Miller 9,000 0–4–1 1 6 November 25 Toronto 1–2 Philadelphia Miller 3,500 1–4–1 3 7 November 29 NY Rangers 6–3 Philadelphia Miller 2,500 1–5–1 3
December: 0–10–0, 0 points (Home: 0–5–0; Road: 0–5–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points 8 December 2 MTL Canadiens 2–0 Philadelphia Miller 4,000 1–6–1 3 9 December 4 Philadelphia 2–5 Ottawa Miller 4,000 1–7–1 3 10 December 6 Boston 4–3 Philadelphia Miller 5,000 1–8–1 3 11 December 9 NY Americans 2–1 Philadelphia OT Miller 3,000 1–9–1 3 12 December 13 Detroit 3–2 Philadelphia Miller 5,000 1–10–1 3 13 December 16 Philadelphia 0–3 NY Americans Miller 5,000 1–11–1 3 14 December 20 Philadelphia 1–5 MTL Maroons Miller 9,000 1–12–1 3 15 December 23 Chicago 3–2 Philadelphia Cude 2,000 1–13–1 3 16 December 25 Philadelphia 0–8 Boston Cude 11,000 1–14–1 3 17 December 28 Philadelphia 2–4 NY Rangers Cude 7,000 1–15–1 3
January: 1–11–1, 3 points (Home: 1–5–0; Road: 0–6–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points 18 January 1 Philadelphia 3–10 Chicago Cude 7,000 1–16–1 3 19 January 3 Ottawa 5–4 Philadelphia OT Cude 3,500 1–17–1 3 20 January 4 Philadelphia 0–5 NY Americans Cude 7,000 1–18–1 3 21 January 8 Chicago 4–0 Philadelphia Cude n/a 1–19–1 3 22 January 10 MTL Maroons 3–4 Philadelphia OT Miller 3,000 2–19–1 5 23 January 13 MTL Canadiens 2–1 Philadelphia Forbes 3,500 2–20–1 5 24 January 17 Detroit 5–2 Philadelphia Forbes 2,500 2–21–1 5 25 January 20 Philadelphia 2–5 Detroit Cude 6,000 2–22–1 5 26 January 22 Philadelphia 2–5 Chicago Cude 6,500 2–23–1 5 27 January 24 Boston 4–2 Philadelphia Cude 3,500 2–24–1 5 28 January 27 Philadelphia 3–3 Boston OT Cude n/a 2–24–2 6 29 January 29 Philadelphia 1–7 MTL Canadiens Cude 10,000 2–25–2 6 30 January 31 Philadelphia 2–3 Toronto Cude 7,000 2–26–2 6
February: 1–5–1, 3 points (Home: 0–2–1; Road: 1–3–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points 31 February 5 Philadelphia 1–6 Chicago Cude 8,000 2–27–2 6 32 February 10 NY Rangers 3–1 Philadelphia Cude n/a 2–28–2 6 33 February 14 NY Americans 1–1 Philadelphia OT Cude 3,000 2–28–3 7 34 February 17 Philadelphia 2–0 Detroit Cude 5,000 3–28–3 9 35 February 22 Philadelphia 1–6 NY Rangers Cude 8,000 3–29–3 9 36 February 24 Boston 5–1 Philadelphia Cude 2,000 3–30–3 9 37 February 28 Philadelphia 1–4 MTL Maroons Cude 9,500 3–31–3 9
March: 1–5–1, 3 points (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 0–2–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points 38 March 3 Toronto 5–1 Philadelphia Cude 1,500 3–32–3 9 39 March 7 Philadelphia 2–7 Boston Cude n/a 3–33–3 9 40 March 10 Philadelphia 3–5 Ottawa OT Cude 2,000 3–34–3 9 41 March 12 Detroit 5–7 Philadelphia Cude n/a 4–34–3 11 42 March 14 MTL Maroons 3–2 Philadelphia Cude n/a 4–35–3 11 43 March 17 Chicago 4–0 Philadelphia Cude 2,500 4–36–3 11 44 March 21 Philadelphia 4–4 MTL Canadiens Cude n/a 4–36–4 12
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; F = Forward; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
• = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Quakers only.
• = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Quakers only.

The 1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers.

				Regular season
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
7	Gerry Lowrey	24	C	42	13	14	27	27
4	Hib Milks	31	C	44	17	6	23	42
15	Syd Howe	19	LW/C	44	9	11	20	20
14	Wally Kilrea	21	C	44	8	12	20	22
10	Cliff Barton	23	RW	43	6	7	13	18
5	James Jarvis	23	LW	43	5	7	12	30
12	Al Shields	23	D	43	7	3	10	98
2	Ron Lyons	21	LW	22	2	4	6	8
17	Eddie McCalmon	28	RW	16	3	0	3	6
11	Tex White	30	RW	9	3	0	3	2
9	John McKinnon	28	D	39	1	1	2	46
6	Bill Hutton	21	RW	21	1	1	2	4
6	Harold Darragh	28	RW	10	1	1	2	2
8	Herb Drury	35	LW	24	0	2	2	10
17, 18	Wilf Cude	20	G	29	0	0	0	0
11, 16	D'Arcy Coulson	22	D	28	0	0	0	103
3	Stan Crossett	30	D	21	0	0	0	10
1	Joe Miller	30	G	12	0	0	0	0
3	Rodger Smith	34	D	9	0	0	0	0
2	Gord Fraser	29	D	5	0	0	0	22
19	Rennison Manners	26	F	4	0	0	0	0
1	Jake Forbes	33	G	2	0	0	0	0
16	Aubrey Webster	18	F	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

			Regular season
No.	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
17, 18	Wilf Cude	20	30	2	25	3	1	130	.878	4.22	1850
1	Joe Miller	30	12	2	9	1	0	47	.883	3.81	740
1	Jake Forbes	33	2	0	2	0	0	7	.896	3.50	120

Awards and records

Records

Transactions

Syd Howe, seen here in a Quakers uniform during the 1930–31 season, was acquired on loan from Ottawa a few days prior to the start of the regular season.

The Quakers were involved in the following transactions before, during, and after the 1930–31 season.

Trades

Date	Details
November 6, 1930	To Philadelphia Quakers Loan of Syd Howe Loan of Wally Kilrea Loan of Al Shields	To Ottawa Senators $35,000
November 28, 1930	To Philadelphia Quakers cash	To Pittsburgh Pirates (IHL) Gord Fraser
December 8, 1930	To Philadelphia Quakers Bill Hutton Ron Lyons cash	To Boston Bruins Harold Darragh
December 16, 1930	To Philadelphia Quakers cash	To Pittsburgh Pirates (IHL) Rodger Smith Tex White
February 12, 1931	To Philadelphia Quakers cash	To Boston Bruins Ron Lyons
February 24, 1931	To Philadelphia Quakers cash	To Detroit Olympics (IHL) Bill Hutton
October 19, 1933	To Philadelphia Quakers cash	To Montreal Canadiens Wilf Cude

Additions and subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Cooper Smeaton — signed as manager (10/20) Aubrey Shore — free agency (11/12) D'Arcy Coulson Chicago (AHA) free agency (12/15) Wilf Cude Melville (S-SSHL) free agency (12/15) Eddie McCalmon Toronto (IHL) free agency (12/15) Stan Crossett Port Hope (OHA-Sr.) free agency (1/9) Jake Forbes New Haven (CAHL) free agency (1/13)

Subtractions Player New team Via Frank Fredrickson — released as manager/player (10/20) Joe Miller — released (2/16) Tom Cowan — released (11/12) Gerry Lowrey Chicago Dispersal Draft (9/26/31) Hib Milks New York Dispersal Draft (9/26/31) James Jarvis New York Dispersal Draft (9/26/31) Cliff Barton New York Dispersal Draft (9/26/31) Wilf Cude NHL signed – utility back-up goalie (9/27/31) D'Arcy Coulson Montreal Dispersal Draft (11/26/31)

References

General

• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
• hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
• Flyers History: Philly's 1st NHL Team – Philadelphia Quakers
• McFarlane, Brian (1989). One hundred years of hockey. Toronto, Ontario: Deneau Publishers. ISBN 0-88879-216-6.

Specific

1. McFarlane, p. 28
2. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
3. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.